Archive for September, 2009
Monday, September 28th, 2009
This Vacation Smelled Like Campfire
even though i never had one myself. turns out, a large portion of the state was on fire…
Re: OR-WIF-Tumblebug Complex
518 acres, 10% contained.
Tanker 00 committed out of Missoula @ 1345 today to this fire.
A Type 2 Incident Management Teanm will take over today. Expanded road and area closures were put into effect [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Go-ing by autumnrouse
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
You Had Me At Profligate
prof·li·gate // //
Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.
n. A profligate person; a wastrel.
somehow, being properly identified, even in less than flattering terms is extremely gratifying.
No Comments » - Posted in Wholly Unsurprising Revelations by autumnrouse
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
No We Will Not Stage An Intervention: my vices are socially acceptable
i come from a family of inveterate drug doers.
seriously. my mother and i are not currently speaking because she hotboxed my kid.
i am the only person in my immediate family who does not have a substance abuse problem. except that i kinda do… in the form of taco bell. and wendy’s. and burger king. and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in food and eating by autumnrouse
Friday, September 18th, 2009
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
By Victor Hugo
I read this book primarily because someone claimed it was their favorite and I was kinda skeptical. it seemed an unlikely choice. but, committed to trying to get to the “classics” I read it. this review is written with the assumption that the reader has also read the book. i do not usually [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Book Review by autumnrouse
Monday, September 14th, 2009
you gonna eat that?
i barely recognize myself lately; but i think it’s mostly a good thing.
i have always been somewhat glib about my strange relationship with food. i have characterized is at combative in the past, and it really seemed apt at the time. it still occasionally does, but lately i’ve been trying harder to make peace.
a few [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Feelin's and Stuff, food and eating by autumnrouse
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
and i raaaan
holy. shitfire. leroy.
sven has been acting like a bastard. he does not want to shift into gear. once in gear, he frequently slips out. it’s like having a boyfriend with ED; if you can even get it in there in the first place, there’s no guarantee it’s going stay put long enough to be useful.
as [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Go-ing, accomplishing stuff by autumnrouse
Monday, September 7th, 2009
i like stuff
when i was about 12 years old, i went to live with my dad. it was a fairly typical thing for an adolescent girl to do; tension with mother had reached a breaking point, the hateful stepfather, extra hateful. i’d had enough of the tyrrany and was looking forward to some freedom and peace.
it turns [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Wholly Unsurprising Revelations by autumnrouse
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
The Demon Pushups
it turns out watching a personal trainer tell someone else how to do a particular exercise is not the same as having them explain it to you. what’s more, eavesdropping on the personal trainer isn’t going to encourage said trainer to come over and make sure you are doing the damn thing right.
so guess what?!?
first, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Pain and/or Suffering by autumnrouse
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The New Girl is a Good Sport; or The Most Exciting Second Day On The Job Ever!
major life changes underway. they have affected my work schedule, and as such, we needed more hands on deck at the clinic. dr anne hired a young college grad in her waiting year before med school to come and run the front desk since i wont be around to do it all the time anymore.
we’ve [...]